1890–91 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

Eastville Rovers
1890–91 season
GroundThree Acres, Ashley Down, Bristol
Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup1st round

The 1890–91 season was the eighth to be played by the team that are now known as Bristol Rovers, and their seventh playing under the name Eastville Rovers.

Season review

Eastville Rovers' stay in this year's Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup was a brief one. Prior to this season they had never failed to reach the semi-final stage, but after gaining automatic entry to the competition based on their performance last season they found themselves eliminated in the first round by Bedminster.[1][2]

There was a depleted look to the club friendly match list too due to poor weather during the middle part of the season. A severe frost set in across England throughout December and January, which meant that very little football was possible over the winter.[3]

The club stopped fielding a reserve team this season, leaving only a single team representing the club. They had entered a second XI into the inaugural Gloucestershire Junior Challenge Cup last year,[4] but they opted not to put a team into the competition this time around.[5]

Results

First team

Gloucestershire Senior Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Notes
1 31 January 1891 Bedminster Three Acres, Bristol Lost 2–3 Perrin, Laurie [2][5]

Club matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Notes
20 September 1890 Warmley Warmley, Gloucestershire Lost 0–1 [6]
4 October 1890 St George St George, Bristol Lost 4–8 Perrin (2), Laurie, Yates [7]
11 October 1890 Bedminster Bedminster Cricket Ground, Bristol Lost 2–4 Perrin (2) [8]
18 October 1890 Clevedon Three Acres, Bristol Won 3–0 [9]
25 October 1890 Trowbridge Town Trowbridge, Wiltshire Lost 1–5 Yates [10][11]
8 November 1890 Craigmore College Three Acres, Bristol Won 5–1 Yates, W. Taylor, A. Laurie, Perrin, Hodgson [11][12]
15 November 1890 Clifton Clifton, Bristol Won 3–0 Yates (3) [11][13]
22 November 1890 Bath Three Acres, Bristol Drew 3–3 Yates (2), A. Laurie [14][15]
13 December 1890 Bedminster Ashton Gate, Bristol Lost 1–4 Yates [16][17]
20 December 1890 Warmley Three Acres, Bristol [18]
27 December 1890 Clevedon Clevedon, Somerset [19]
10 January 1891 St George Three Acres, Bristol [20]
24 January 1891 Trowbridge Town Three Acres, Bristol Lost 3–1 Somerton [21]
7 February 1891 St George St George, Bristol [22]
14 February 1891 Craigmore College Three Acres, Bristol Won 8–0 F. Laurie, Wallace, Taylor, Thomas Rovers only fielded ten players[23]
21 February 1891 Clifton Three Acres, Bristol[24] Drew 1–1 Thomas [25]
14 March 1891 Bath Lambridge Meadows, Bath Cancelled [26][27]
28 March 1891 Trowbridge Town Trowbridge, Wiltshire Lost 1–3 Perrin [28]
11 April 1891 Warmley Warmley, Gloucestershire Lost 1–5 W. Taylor [29]

Statistics

Friendly matches are not included in this section.
Match record
Competition Home Away Total
P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A
Gloucestershire Cup 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3
Goalscorers
Player Goals
League Cup Total
Laurie – 1 1
Walter Perrin – 1 1

Cumulative record

The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1890–91 season is shown below. This is calculated by adding the numbers in the section above to the total games played up to the end of the last season. Friendly matches are not included in this table, and games held at neutral venues are considered to have been played away from home.

As of the summer of 1891, Rovers' competitive matches had all been played in the Gloucestershire Cup.

Match record
Competition Home Away Total
P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A
Gloucestershire Cup 3 0 1 2 3 7 6 5 0 1 10 8 9 5 1 3 13 15

References

  1. ^ "Gloucestershire Football Association". Western Daily Press. 24 September 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Saturday's football". Bristol Mercury. 2 February 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Summary of the observations made at the stations included in the daily and weekly weather reports for the calendar month January 1891" (PDF). London: The Meteorological Office. 1891. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 26 September 1889. Retrieved 15 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 30 January 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Saturday's football matches". Bristol Mercury. 22 September 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 6 October 1890. Retrieved 24 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 13 October 1890. Retrieved 24 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 20 October 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 24 October 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ a b c Byrne & Jay (2003), p.33
  12. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 10 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Football". Sporting Life. 15 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 21 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 24 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Local athletic fixtures–to-day". Bristol Mercury. 13 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 15 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 19 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Local athletic fixtures". Western Daily Press. 27 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 9 January 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "Football". Bristol Magpie. 31 January 1891. Retrieved 28 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 6 February 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 16 February 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "Football". Bristol Magpie. 21 February 1891. Retrieved 28 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "Football". Bristol Magpie. 28 February 1891. Retrieved 28 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 13 March 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 16 March 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 30 March 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 13 April 1891. Retrieved 30 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Bibliography

  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.